HIV has a long history of teetering on the fringes of the legislative process. From the very beginning of the epidemic, states have enacted laws specifically targeting HIV-positive individuals, presumably to penalize people who know their status and knowingly expose others to the virus. At least 33 states in the U.S. have laws on the books that criminalize various behaviors within the HIV-positive population, with 25 of those states criminalizing behaviors that carry a low or minor risk of transmitting the virus. At least 14 states require an HIV-positive person to disclose their status with